Posted on 03/19/2006 9:03:46 AM PST by DCPatriot
By the time the war protesters began their march Saturday morning in Salt Lake City, only about 50 people had gathered. Their numbers had swelled to about 200 by noon - and that was with a little high-tech help from a marcher who text-messaged friends to join him.
The early low turnout was discouraging to some, such as Susan Westergard of Holladay.
"There's just about more policemen here than people," said the Democratic candidate for the Utah House of Representatives in District 40, nodding to the squadron of eight motorcycle officers parked alongside 400 South. "I guess the longer the war goes on, the more people accept it."
The protesters, organized by the People for Peace and Justice of Utah, marched from Pioneer Park to a rally on the steps of the City-County Building, where they listened to songs, speeches and chants condemning the war.
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Or, were they just too stupid to plan it during March Madness?
I had to laugh last night when our local media said hundreds showed up for the protest...When they panned the crowed it looked less than that.
...or maybe there's another answer. Maybe most of America, and particularly the vast majority of Utahans, supported the fight against those who attacked us and their abettors from the get go, and understand what it takes to let people like this young woman have the freedom to protest and say the things she does.
Is that the lamentation of their women that I hear?
I think you may be right.
Hopefully most Americans look at these 'protesters" for what they are -- shills for the enemy.
Yup, I'm pretty will pissed off at Bush over domestic issues but his handling of the WOT gets an A- from me and that ain't so bad.
People outside the United States embassies in both Malaysia and Japan demanded a troop pullout. Many nations' protests have been smaller than their anti-war organizers wanted.
In South Korea, the anniversary has had to compete with baseball.
One-thousand people held an anti-war protest in Seoul on Sunday, but 10,000 crowded around an outdoor television screen to watch South Korean ballplayers lose to Japan in the World Baseball Classic from San Diego.
Thousands marched in U.S. cities Saturday, including New York, Chicago and San Francisco.
I meant the anti-war protests being conducted during the NCAA basketball tournament...but you knew that, right? ;^)
Talking point from Salt Lake City.
I guess they used their Content-Free Sentence Generator on that one.
Uh....yeah Susan, that's exactly how it worked during the Vietnam war.
Utah is a Republican RED State....governed by the Mormon Church...do they think anyone with any brains is going to turn out for a rally of this kind????
They must be drinkin the democRATS kool-aid again....
Truth is probably that the vast majority of people know that Islam is NOT a religion of peace and that it needs to be curbed or knocked down [again].
Extremist muslims appear insane to the average Christian, agnostic or atheist.
Our local ABC affiliate did the same thing....talked about the "large" crowds without giving a number - trying for a close shot of said crowds but failing - too many empty holes.
If I had been in SLC I would have shown up.....to laugh at them.
Policemen arent people?
Be assured, the message they send is received by so few.
As a Utahn, I've often wondered why the LDS don't answer these kinds of protests with mass support for the President especially when their 12th Article of Faith says:
"We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law."
Isn't it time they came out a PUBLICLY and sustained the President and the law? They prefer to dance around it because it isn't politically expedient. It's time they put there money and manpower where their mouths are, and stand up for what they profess to believe.
there = their
(I know better, honestly)
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